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New technology from Computer Associates code-named Sonar could provide CA customers with better knowledge of how applications, middleware, and databases work together. But the technology–meant to enhance CA’s Unicenter, eTrust, and other software–doesn’t yet have a clear path to market.

This sounds like mostly marketing hype, but they did pick a cool name. Of course, this is completely different than Sonar by Cakewalk.

Version 1.0.10 of FPC has been released and uploaded to SourceForge. This will be the last 1.0.x version; we will now concentrate on the 1.1 branch, which will end in 1.2 or 2.0. The Free Pascal Compiler is a 32-bit Pascal Compiler for AmigaOS, DOS, Linux, *BSD, OS/2 and Win32; semantically compatible with Borland Pascal 7 with additional features such as operator overloading. The compiler itself is written in Pascal.

I’m sure many of us have done at least some time in Pascal or a similar language. I remember spending some time in it back in middle school. Pascal was a great learning language back then. Now I think that Python fits that role much better, but it’s nice to know that there are some free alternatives out there if I ever want to play in Pascal again.

Gizmodo confirms the rumors that I heard from inside of nikon. There is a D2 coming. I had also heard rumors about a D2X, but I’m not so sure about it anymore. This camera is going to have to come in below the $1499 price point that the Canon 10D has set in order to succeed.

Web Services Tool Kit for Mobile Devices provides tools and run-time environments that allow development of applications that use Web Services on small mobile devices. This tool kit’s JavaTM Web service run-time environment is supported on PoctketPC, Palm, and BlackBerry. The C Web service run-time environment is supported on the Palm and Symbian. What’s new in Version 2.0: Preview implementation of the JSR 172 Version 0.7 specification; C-based Web services now supported on Palm OS 5.0 and Symbian OS 6.0, 6.1; Java-based Web services now run on Palm OS 3.5.

Torvalds, who founded the Linux kernel project in the early 1990s, on Thursday finalized the 2.5.75 kernel, which he said would be the last in the series. The 2.5 kernel, a development project aimed at experimenting with new technologies, will be integrated into the 2.6 kernel for use in finished products.

Forward motion is good. There are many goodies in 2.5 that I can’t wait to see on mainstream Linux desktops.

I recently signed up with T-Mobile when I purchased my 3650. I signed up for the $9.99/mo 10MB GPRS plan, but today I stopped by their website today and noticed that they had changed every mention of 10MB to Unlimited!

Now, in July 2003, Vertigo Software, Inc. is releasing Quake II .NET, a port of the C-language based engine to Visual C++ with a .NET managed heads-up display. We did this to illustrate a point: one can easily port a large amount of C code to C++, and then run the whole application as a managed .NET application using the Microsoft Common Language Runtime (CLR) without noticeable performance delays. Once running as a .NET managed application, adding new features is easy and fun.

NIKE, Inc. announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Converse, Inc., the globally recognized footwear brand with nearly a century of sports heritage. The total price to be paid for 100 percent of the equity shares is approximately $305 million plus the assumption of certain working capital liabilities at the time of the transaction’s consummation.

IBM has developed a programming language for building software that automatically enforces privacy rules. The vendor, which unveiled the new Enterprise Privacy Authorization Language (EPAL) on Wednesday at the Catalyst Conference in San Francisco, says the language is more sophisticated than current privacy technology, including the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) specifications.

Another item for acronym soup. I hope that it helps and doesn’t just add another layer of complexity.